Patagonia Attractions

Polishing the Best Mistake I Have Ever Made!

Advantages: Spacious, awe-inspiring, peaceful expanses, friendly people.. Delicious food and wine!
Disadvantages: Far but well worth it

This is actually a "reviewed" version of my Patagonia review, but I couldn't post it again under "Patagonia", so I chose this category instead! ********************************************************************** Patagonia is divided into Argentinean Patagonia and Chilean Patagonia. This review is about Argentinean Patagonia. I could have said this without repeating the word "Patagonia" so much, but you have no idea how sweet this name sounds ...
...Patagonia Patagonia. Okay, enough! The origin of the name "Patagonia" is not very clear. Some say it was derived from the Tehuelche's (natives of the region) moccasins' size. The Tehuelches were (they have now been eradicated) very tall and it is said that the shoes (moccasins) they wore made their feet appear even larger, hence, some assume, Magellan's crew derived the word "Patagonia" from the Spanish word "pata", meaning "foot" (although the ...

Librelola 12.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Punta Tombo, Puerto Madryn, Province of Chubut, Patagonia

Bewitched by an Icy Giant!

Advantages: A Unique Experience
Disadvantages: None

...We arrived at the Glaciar Perito Moreno much later than anticipated, due to atrocious weather and an extremely luckily avoided certainly fateful car crash due to my ex-partner's excellent driving reflexes, when our car very nearly skidded off a turning and into a rather pronounced ditch (we were not even driving at 50 mph). Upon our arrival the place was deserted, there was no soul to be found. No guides, no guards, no humans, no other forms of animal ...
...endeavour to commune with Glaciar Perito Moreno by (invisible) moonlight? Well of course I was… Feeling the sides of the guardrails with both my hands and carefully placing my feet on each stair, I managed to get to the front "balcony" facing the glacier. The silence was complete and only perturbed by the animate and regular breathing of Perito Moreno. Some louder cracking noises, akin to welcoming groans convinced me that the massive ice form ...

Librelola 18.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Perito Moreno Glacier, El Calafate, Province of Santa Cruz, Patagonia